DT Round 14 Teams

The Round 14 teams are in folks, and the big news is there's still no Dean Cox for West Coast, nor is there Josh Drummond at Brisbane. Big problems that for many DT coaches. Plenty of forwards out too in Matt Pavlich, Daniel Giansiracusa and Taylor Walker while some good news is Melbourne's Liam Jurrah will get a third game to burst his bubble.Collingwood v Essendon, Friday night, MCGCollingwoodIns: Leon Davis, Scott PendleburyOuts: Shannon Cox, Chris Dawes (omitted)The inclusion of $394k Davis and $455k Pendlebury is big for many DT coaches. Plus $193k midfielder Dayne Beams keeps his spot, but there's no sign of Steele Sidebottom. B: Harry...

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Drummond May Miss Another

Brisbane's popular $327k defender Josh Drummond may frustrate DT coaches around the country and miss the Lions' clash with Port on Saturday.Drummond injured his calf in Round 11 and hasn't played since with Brisbane today acknowledging they were taking no risks with the damaging defender.Lions assistant coach Justin Leppitsch said, "You've got to be very careful with injuries now, particularly with soft-tissue injuries."Another four weeks on the sidelines really puts back potential September participation."We're very mindful with him, he's got a bit of a history with ongoing injury, so we've just got to manage him very carefull...

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Around The Grounds

Collingwood's $455k gun midfielder Scott Pendlebury could make a shock return for the Pies this Friday against Essendon after a medial ligament strain. Pies coach Mick Malthouse said on Thursday, “He went well with the fitness test, now it’s up to the medical staff. We will not take chances... but if it is right I can’t see any reason why the player doesn’t play.” Pendlebury is owned by just over 18,000 DT coaches.Essendon have rated $288k def/forward Adam McPhee a good chance to face Collingwood after a corked calf. Bombers assistant coach Scott Camporeale encouragingly said, "He's got a pretty good record against (Travis) Cloke when we've played previously - he trained fully on Tuesday and he'll have another fitness test today as well, just to make sure he's cherry ripe, ready to go." North...

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